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Going on strike for the first time: a rough guide
JON TAIT offers some tips for anyone who’s taking industrial action – and says you’ll be surprised at how supportive members of the public will be
he picket line outside Liverpool Lime Street station as members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) take part in a fresh strike over jobs, pay and conditions
YANA PETTICREW explains what’s behind the strike and how the entire sector rests on super-exploiting an unorganised workforce
STEPHEN ARNELL casts a critical eye over the sudden rash of challenges to the two-party system on both sides of the Atlantic, noting that today’s performative populist politics sadly lacks Roosevelt’s progressive ‘Bull Moose’ vision of the early 20th century
BILL KIDD MSP says increasing Britain’s nuclear arsenal at this time is dangerous and expensive folly
ROGER McKENZIE asks whether the US’s shift to targeting everyone at once will instil greater co-operation among rising powers
COMING out on strike can seem a bit intimidating the first time that you walk off a job.
Perhaps your management is putting pressure on you to not take industrial action. They’ll tell you things like: “There’s no money available for a pay rise,” or “You’ll be striking yourself out of a job.” The usual bully-boy tactics. Yawn. See how quick they are to moan if they don’t get an increase themselves.
The first rule of striking is to stick together. It doesn’t matter what management try and tell you if you are united in the workplace.
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